City Councilor Ann Schwab proposed a “Gold Line” to protect the foothills from development as a complement to the Green Line which protects rich agricultural farmland to the west of Chico.
Being a meteorologist, I naturally thought of what I might propose to protect our environmentally sensitive atmosphere from errant development, and thus I’ve decided we need a “Blue Line” to protect our naturally blue skies. The Blue line will protect our valuable natural atmospheric viewshed, making sure that development won’t spoil the view for future generations.
Here is what I propose as the Blue Line:
A moratorium on building anything in Chico’s sphere of influence that is taller than our twin water towers downtown. Thats about 125 feet. This will of course allow historical structures like the Senator Theatre Tower, Sierra Nevada’s Brew Towers, and the Bell tower at CSUC to remain among others to be exempt.
UPDATE: A new RED LINE has been proposed by fellow blogger Lon Glazner.
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